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World Business Report Review of the Year

Martin Webber takes stock of the year in business

World Service,24 episodes

Episodes

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Review of the year - 1990
German monetary union; Tokyo slump; US junk bond scandal; Mrs Thatcher leaves office
30 Dec 1990,9 mins
Review of the year - 1991
The first Gulf War; US interest rates at a 27 year low; PanAm closes; Maastricht Treaty
29 Dec 1991,9 mins
Review of the year - 1992
UK crashes out of Exchange Rate Mechanism; NAFTA is formed; financial scandal hits India
27 Dec 1992,9 mins
Review of the year - 1993
World trade talks end; turbulent European currency markets; economic chaos in Russia
26 Dec 1993,9 mins
Review of the year - 1995
Mexico's economy rescued; UK's oldest merchant bank collapses; India cancels Enron deal
30 Dec 1995,9 mins
Review of the year - 1996
US shares boom; Europe prepares for new currency; Australia's alcoholic lemonade is a hit
28 Dec 1996,9 mins
Review of the year - 1997
Britain hands over Hong Kong to China; Asian financial crisis; Kyoto climate deal
27 Dec 1997,9 mins
Review of the year - 1999
Microsoft prosecuted as monopolist; Brazil currency peg collapses; high tech stocks soar
25 Dec 1999,14 mins
Review of the decade - 1990s
East and West Germany merge economies; Hong Kong under China; America's economic bubble
01 Jan 1999,14 mins
Review of the year - 2000
Dot com bubble bursts; Vodafone enters German mobile market; Japan works towards recovery
30 Dec 2000,12 mins
Review of the year - 2001
World Trade Centre attacks; US and Japan both dip into recession; China joins WTO
29 Dec 2001,12 mins
Review of the year - 2002
Corporate America plagued by scandals; changeover to the Euro begins in western Europe
28 Dec 2002,12 mins
Review of the year - 2004
Concerns for US economy; Chinese growth slows; EU fines Microsoft; Apple launches iPod
25 Dec 2004,12 mins
Review of the year - 2005
Investors back internet stocks; largest US accounting fraud conviction; farm subsidy row
26 Dec 2005,12 mins
Review of the year - 2006
YouTube sold; China booms; conflict between air travel growth and emissions targets
25 Dec 2006,8 mins
Review of the year - 2007
US housing turmoil leads to further regulation; first run on a UK bank in 100 years
25 Dec 2007,8 mins
Review of the year - 2008
Banks collapse, mortgage providers and insurers struggle; governments scramble to respond
25 Dec 2008,8 mins
Review of the year - 2009
Global economic output slumps; interest rates cut; money supply and public spending go up
25 Dec 2009,13 mins
Review of the year - 2010
Despite growth, sceptics say economic problems unsolved; IMF bails out Greece and Ireland
27 Dec 2010,8 mins
Review of the year - 2011
Earthquake and tsunami rock Japan; US loses triple-A credit rating; Steve Jobs dies
26 Dec 2011,29 mins
Review of the year - 2012
Obama re-elected; bank scandals continue; calls for fairer wealth distribution in China
25 Dec 2012,26 mins
Review of the year - 2013
Bangladesh factory collapses; Chinese housing bubble; Obamacare introduced; Mandela dies
25 Dec 2013,26 mins
Review of the year - 2014
Europe's economic woes; climate change under threat; OPEC struggles with oil prices
25 Dec 2014,26 mins
Review of the year - 2015
Commodity prices slump; EU refugee worries; Greek bailout; Volkswagen emissions scandal
25 Dec 2015,26 mins